Biya, ECCAS envoy push for return to order in Gabon.

President Touadera was at the Unity Palace on Tuesday September 12. The Head of State, President Paul Biya, received the CAR leader in audience. The two leaders are said to have held talks for well over 90 minutes. 

Their discussions, The Guardian Post gathered, touched on the road covered in President Touadera’s recent visit to Libreville, Gabon, where he held talks with key stakeholders in the country.

Last week, President Touadera, who is also the Chairperson of Heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States, CEMAC, held talks with leaders across the political divide in Gabon. 

The visit was in the wake of the Wednesday August 30 military coup that overthrew the regime of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, after a disputed presidential poll.

After sharing with President Paul Biya on the burning Subregional issue, both leaders are also said to have reviewed ties between Cameroon and CAR. 

In this perspective, cross border security and safe transportation of goods and services; particularly along the busy Douala-Bangui corridor, were also reviewed.

Unlike their last meeting of April 29 this year, which was mostly about bilateral business, the turn of events, especially in Gabon, is said to be what kept both leaders talking to ensure the respect of laws and the rule of law. 

For one thing, President Paul Biya to whom most leaders look up to for advice on key Subregional issues, is pictured to be a key asset in offering sane pieces of advice on the way forward. 

President Touadera is also expected to hold similar talks with leaders of other ECCAS member states. The CAR President had been designated ECCAS "facilitator of the political process" in Gabon and handed a road map to engage "all Gabonese actors and partners of the country," to ensure "a rapid return to constitutional order".

The decision of ECCAS came Monday September 5 after an emergency meeting in Malabo, during which the organisation announced the immediate relocation of its headquarters from Libreville, Gabon, to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. Gabon has also been suspended from ECCAS.

In the meantime, nothing has filtered to the public since the CAR President met with the head of the junta in Gabon, General Brice Clotair Olingui Nguema.